Cy Young hopefuls duel in SF on MLB.TV

Madison Bumgarner has surfaced as one of the favorites amid a crowded National League Cy Young Award race. But there remains many other candidates who could make a push for baseball’s top pitching award, including one pitcher Bumgarner will share the mound with today when his Giants take on Jacob deGrom and the Mets in the opener of a four-game series at AT&T Park.

This battle of Cy Young hopefuls isn’t the only intriguing matchup on tap for the day’s 11-game slate. Two other candidates — Chicago’s Jake Arrieta and Miami’s Jose Fernandez — will toe the rubber for their clubs, while the Astros and Orioles open a pivotal four-game set in Baltimore.

And the best place to catch all the action is MLB.TV.

MLB.TV Premium has the same features as last year, and is only $49.99 for the rest of the season. This package has the best value and provides access to more than 400 devices and a free subscription to the MLB.com At Bat Premium app (a $19.99 value). It offers the best picture quality ever — a new 60 frames per second — for supported devices. Monthly signups for MLB.TV Premium are $24.99.

The new MLB.TV Single Team package is also available as a $39.99 yearly subscription. You can watch a single team’s live out-of-market games in full HD.

Here’s what to watch for throughout the day (all times in ET):

Cy Young hopefuls duel in Bay Area: NYM@SF, 10:15 p.m. Despite posting a 2.63 ERA through six second-half starts, Bumgarner has just one win in that span as runs have been hard to come by for the San Francisco offense. Bumgarner received two or fewer runs of support in four of those games. It wasn’t until his last start, Saturday against the Orioles, that the San Francisco bats backed their ace, defeating Baltimore 6-2 in Bumgarner’s first since July …

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